Monday, January 31, 2011

Authors on the Short Story--Paris Review Interviews: Part I

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In preparing for my presentation at the April Angers conference, “The Figure of the Author in the Short Story in English,” I have thought it...
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Figure of the Author in the Short Story Conference--Issues

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It is my honor to have been invited to be the plenary speaker at the conference, “The Figure of the Author in the Short Story in English,” A...
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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Huckleberry Finn, the word "nigger," and The Importance of Teaching Reading

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What, you might ask, does the current flap about an English professor’s replacing the word “nigger” with the word “slave” in a new edition o...
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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Haruki Murakami's After the Quake

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One of my readers, who just happens to be my daughter-in-law, Ean, asked me if I had read Haruki Murakami and, if so, what I thought of him....
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Friday, December 31, 2010

Best Short Story Collections of 2010

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It is New Year’s Eve, 2010. I have have looked over the “Best Books of 2010” lists of the major newspapers, networks, and magazines and lis...
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Christmas Stories: "A Christmas Memory" and "The Dead"

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It’s Christmas Eve, 2010. I wish every one who celebrates Christmas or any other winter festival a most happy holiday. I will post one more...
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Monday, December 13, 2010

O. Henry and "The Gift of the Magi"

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In the first decade of the twentieth century, O. Henry was the most popular short-story writer in America. By 1920, nearly five million cop...
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